NGC 292
Small Magellanic Cloud
NGC 292 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Tucana. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 292:
| NGC: | NGC 292 |
| Common name: | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| Type: | galaxy |
| Galaxy type: | barred spiral |
| Galaxy morph class: | SBm |
| Constellation: | Tucana |
| Surface brightness: | 23.4 mag/arcsec2 |
| V-mag (visual): | 2.3 |
| B-mag (blue): | 2.75 |
| Right Ascension: | 00:52:44.78 |
| Declination: | -72:49:43.00 |
| Major axis: | 299.9 ' |
| Minor axis: | 179.8 ' |
| Angle (major axis): | 45° |
| Radial velocity: | 146 km/s |
| Redshift: | 0.000486 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS